trumpeter

American  

[truhm-pi-ter] / ˈtrʌm pɪ tər /

noun

• trumpeters
  plural

1. a person who plays a trumpet player.

2. a person who proclaims or announces something with a trumpet.

3. a soldier, usually in a mounted unit, whose duty is to sound the required trumpet calls.

4. a person who proclaims, commends, or extols something loudly or widely; eulogizer.

5. any of several large South American birds of the family Psophiidae, especially Psophia crepitans, related to the cranes and rails, having a loud, harsh, prolonged cry.

6. trumpeter swan.

7. one of a breed of domestic pigeons.

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trumpeter British  

/ ˈtrʌmpɪtə /

noun

1. a person who plays the trumpet, esp one whose duty it is to play fanfares, signals, etc

2. any of three birds of the genus Psophia of the forests of South America, having a rounded body, long legs, and a glossy blackish plumage: family Psophiidae , order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)

3. (sometimes capital) a breed of domestic fancy pigeon with a long ruff

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• trumpeters
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of trumpeter

First recorded in 1490–1500; trumpet + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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There was his bond with trumpeter Booker Little, his high-school best friend who died at 23 in 1961, and whose searching spirit and disciplined musicianship profoundly affected Mr. Lloyd’s approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Silence Is Talking by Reverend & The Makers is reborn as the terrace anthem, aided by the trumpeter in the England band playing the familiar riff taken from War's 1975 song Low Rider.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

The trumpeter, who has not missed a competitive Three Lions match for 30 years, declares he is "staying here until England win it".

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Theo Croker, trumpeter: He was definitely a larger-than-life figure.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

It seemed like magic to me when I put on the headphones Tsalig handed me and heard the famous trumpeter of Kraków marking the noon hour with his horn, hundreds of miles away.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

Much as many trumpeters and saxophonists were in the jazz spotlight in the postwar years, pianists are now often front and center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

In Nigeria, trumpeters play fun tunes on Children's Day on Monday in Lagos.

From BBC ● May 30, 2024

For years, scientists have classified these noises into roughly two dozen distinct phrases, or codas, making the communications seem about as complicated as two novice trumpeters trading notes.

From Science Magazine ● May 7, 2024

The club space at the Center, which recently hosted a rehearsal of trumpeters for the Newport Jazz Festival’s Armstrong tribute — taking place this weekend in Rhode Island — is a vibrant red.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

But more commonly, a profoundly artificial experiment—loading trumpeters on a speeding train—might be necessary to understand and demonstrate these laws.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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